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The California Health Report

By Angela Woodall The Rancho slaughterhouse was a critical piece of the supply chain for sustainable, local meat, leaving consumers with fewer alternatives to factory-farmed meats, despite the growing demand....

The California Health Report

In a war, both men and women will suffer from trauma. But researchers are finding that the way women hurt is different from men, especially when it comes to veterans who reported military sexual trauma.

The California Health Report

By Angela Woodall Amber Yeager walked into a recruiter's office 15 years ago in Sacramento and enlisted in the Army. She was 24, the mother of a toddler and desperate to escape violence and abuse at home, first as a young girl then as a wife. College was the only...

The California Health Report

Critics of Cal MediConnect, including some health care providers and patients, are concerned that errors may be impacting thousands of elderly and disabled California residents. They fear that the state has rushed the implementation of the new program in the hopes of saving money....

The California Health Report

By Angela Woodall Understanding of the Affordable Care Act, the national health care program most people know simply as "Obamacare,” can be difficult for the savviest of consumers. Now scammers pretending to be from the government are poised to take advantage of confusion swirling around health care reform by trying...

The California Health Report

By Hannah Guzik Directories of doctors given to low-income patients across California are highly inaccurate, making it difficult for them to get the health care they’re entitled to under state law, the California Health Report has found....